Stories from Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Sixteen Bourbon County 4-H club members exhibited in the Kansas Junior Livestock Show in Wichita Sept. 24-26. There were over 1,215 entries during this three day show held at the Kansas Coliseum. There were 114 steers, 245 heifers, 273 barrows, 219 lambs, 197 ewes, and 167 goats exhibited during the 78th Annual event...

Roberta Davis, 79, of Westwood, Kan., died Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010 at the Kansas City Hospice House. She was born in August, 1931 in Fort Scott, Kan., where she graduated from High School. Later she attended Livingston College in Alabama where she met her husband, John Davis...

Virginia L. Yoakum, 76, of Valley Center, Kan., formerly of Fort Scott, died at her home Monday evening, Sept. 27, 2010. Funeral arrangements for Virginia Yoakum are incomplete and will be announced later by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

Photographer Peter B. Kaplan will be a guest of the Seventh Annual Gordon Parks Celebration October 6-9, 2010. Kaplan will present a program called "An Evening with Lady Liberty Photographer Peter B. Kaplan." The event will be held in the theatre of the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center on the Fort Scott Community College campus starting at 7 p.m. ...

Blues guitarist Guy Davis will appear at the Gordon Parks Celebration Tribute Dinner on Friday, October 8th to help honor his mother, Ruby Dee, who will receive the "Gordon Parks Choice of Weapons Award" at the event. Tickets are $25 each and may be purchased at the Gordon Parks Museum or in downtown Fort Scott at The Country Cupboard. The Tribute Dinner is part of the three-day Gordon Parks Celebration, October 6-9, at Fort Scott Community College...

After 31 years on the job, Mary Beth McClure will be moving on from the Fort Scott National Historic Site. In 1979, the City of Fort Scott donated property, which is now the FSNHS, to the National Park Service. When that happened, McClure, who had been working as the deputy city clerk for several years, decided to apply for an administrative position. ...

The Lowell Milken Education Center conducted a project kickoff on Tuesday at the center. Local students and educators attended the event to discuss new projects, and teachers from across the United States called the center to discuss ideas for new projects...

CHANUTE -- Fort Scott High School's junior varsity tennis team played its final tournament of the season here Monday with its No. 1 doubles tandem of Ashlyn Baugher and Bailee Hall taking first place. Baugher and Hall won all three matches they played in the eight-team bracket format. They defeated Alexis Ethridge/Tiffany Dillow of Chanute Gold, 6-0, Brea Harris and Kelsey Jump of Parsons, 6-2, and Alexis Thurston/Sarah Hernandez of Chanute Blue, 6-5 (7-5)...

LOUISBURG -- Fort Scott High School's volleyball team went to a tough Louisburg Tournament here Saturday and came away with just one victory in five matches. Fort Scott (16-9) hosts Labette County and Independence Thursday night for a Southeast Kansas League triangular as the Tigers look to keep pace with Chanute and Pittsburg atop the league standings. ...

Fort Scott High School's soccer team won its second straight game with a 6-3 Southeast Kansas League victory over Coffeyville at Ellis Park Tuesday afternoon. Saturday afternoon Josh Buller scored the Tigers' only goal in a 1-0 triumph at Paola. Tuesday, Fort Scott pressured Coffeyville's defense all game long and were up by four goals before the Golden Tornado scored in stoppage time...

Although the Fort Scott High School varsity tennis team was defeated by Nevada, 8-1, in a dual Tuesday, Fort Scott head coach Lynn Barr felt that the outcome showed the progress the girls have made this season and prepares them for Saturday's Southeast Kansas League Tournament at Chanute, which starts bright and early at 8 a.m...

PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High School's golf team earned a season-best second-place finish by one stroke at Crestwood Country Club here Tuesday. Fort Scott finished with a four-woman score of 424 over 18 holes while Caney Valley followed at 425. Chanute was the winner at 379...

CHETOPA -- Uniontown's volleyball team, now ranked No. 5 in Class 3A, swept rival Marmaton Valley and Chetopa in a Three Rivers League triangular here Tuesday night. Uniontown (5-1 TRL, 21-2 overall) moved into Class 3A in the latest enrollment figures released by the Kansas State High School Activities Association Monday. ...

Fort Scott High School volleyball will hold "Dig Pink" Night, an event designed to promote October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month when the Tigers host Independence and Labette County high schools in a volleyball triangular at 5 p.m. tonight in the FSHS gymnasium...

The Bourbon County Relay for Life organization's 4th Annual Fall Festival is scheduled to take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at 2484 Limestone Road, the home of event co-organizer Lavetta Simmons. The event is a key fundraiser for the organization and will feature a wide variety of games and activities for people of all ages. ...

The second week of the season found some Fort Scott debaters rising to the top as they traveled to three different tournaments. At Emporia, a two-day affair, two Tiger teams competed. The Emporia tournament is one of just a handful of Debate Coaches Invitational (DCI) qualifying tournaments. ...

With the winter months coming, it may be time to think about ways to keep the warm air in the house and the cold air out. To provide funding for that very task is the purpose of the Efficiency Kansas Program. Created in November 2009, the Efficiency Kansas Program is a low-cost loan program that helps residents make energy-efficiency improvements to their homes. ...

Preparations are being made for the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce's Sixth Annual Taste of Fort Scott fundraiser. At this year's event, titled "Forks and Corks," attendees will be able to sample food specialties provided by 15 local restaurants and caterers, as well as unique beverages and liquors provided by a beverage distributor. ...